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Quantum computers often require hundreds of components for a single reliable qubit, making scaling up complicated and expensive.

When you look up at the sky at night, at the endless amounts of stars and constellations, you might begin to wonder about the origins of the Universe.

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the ERC Synergy Grants. Three researchers involved in the successful applications are employed at TU Delft.

Two consortium projects involving researchers from Radboud University have received funding from NWO.

NWO has awarded 149 researchers a Vidi grant. Sixteen promising TU Delft researchers from the domains Exact and Natural Sciences (ENS), Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and Applied and Technical Sciences (ATS) have been awarded.

A team of researchers at the TechMed Centre of the University of Twente has transformed real sperm cells into tiny, magnetically controlled microrobots.

Researchers at the University of Twente have developed a new optical method to make extremely small metallic nanoparticles visible, as tiny as 1.8 nanometres.

A new kind of stellar explosion provides a novel way to probe the distant Universe, according to new results published today in Nature Astronomy.

On earth, we are very familiar with ice, but ice is also found in space. This space ice still holds many secrets, because it is not easy to study.

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded 24 Veni grants to TU Delft scientists in the various fields (ENS, AES, SSH). Each researcher will receive a maximum of 320,000 euros. The grant is an incentive for adventurous, talented and groundbreaking researchers to further develop their own research ideas over the next three years.

Six UT scientists have been awarded Veni grants of up to €320,000 from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

Bárbara Malheiros defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry on July 3.

Bárbara Malheiros defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry on July 3.

On Friday, 20 June, UT researcher Femke Witmans will defend her PhD research on nanowires: a promising material for quantum computers.

With this new institute, the university aims to take the lead in bolstering Dutch and European technological sovereignty.

OnePlanet Research Center (a collaboration of Wageningen University & Research, Radboud University, Radboudumc and imec) explained today in Nieuwspoort the potential of photonic chip technology for nitrogen measurements.

Three researchers reflect on the significance of TU/e's quantum computers, how they work, and what's coming next in quantum computing.

The brand-new facility FRESH-UP (Fission product REmoval from Salts at High temperatures - Ultrafine Particles) is used to study the removal of solid fission products from molten salt reactors.